FromOld Frenchreprove, fromreprover. Seereprove.
reproof (countable anduncountable,pluralreproofs)
- An act or instance ofreproving or of reprobating; arebuke, areproach, anadmonition.
1815,Jane Austen,Emma, volume II, chapter 13:You could not give me a greaterreproof for the mistake I fell into. It was all my doing, I know. I have not forgotten it, I assure you.
act or instance of reproving; a rebuke
- Arabic:عِتَاب m(ʕitāb)
- Armenian:սաստ (hy)(sast)
- Bulgarian:укор (bg) m(ukor),порицание (bg) n(poricanie)
- Dutch:berisping (nl) f,verwijt (nl) n
- Finnish:moite (fi)
- German:Ermahnung (de) f,Vorwurf (de) m
- Gothic:𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 f(gasahts)
- Greek:
- Ancient:ἐλεγμός m(elegmós)
- Icelandic:ávítur n pl
- Irish:spreagadh m
- Manx:oghsan f
- Polish:baty (pl) m pl,cięgi m pl
- Russian:о́тповедь (ru) f(ótpovedʹ),замеча́ние (ru) n(zamečánije),вы́говор (ru) m(výgovor),порица́ние (ru) n(poricánije),упрёк (ru) m(uprjók)
- Scottish Gaelic:trod m orf,cronachadh m,càineadh m
- Spanish:reprobación (es)
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Fromre- +proof.
reproof (third-person singular simple presentreproofs,present participlereproofing,simple past and past participlereproofed)
- Toproof again.
We need toreproof the book before publication.
